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Girl Unknown by critically acclaimed author Karen Perry is a powerful novel that "Explores emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy."
-Tana French, New York Times bestselling author of The Trespasser and In the Woods
David and Caroline Connolly are swimming successfully through their marriage's middle years-raising two children; overseeing care for David's ailing mother; leaning into their careers, both at David's university teaching...
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"Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home--a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse--but John's not here. Instead, she's with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month--old resident of Trudy's womb. Told from a perspective unlike any other, Nutshell is a classic tale of murder and deceit from one of the world's master storytellers."...
3) Recruits
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Recruits (Thomas Locke) volume 1
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English
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Twin seventeen-year-old brothers Sean and Dillon meet their new neighbor Colonel Carver, who has come to Earth, an outpost among dozens of human-occupied planets in the galaxy, to recruit the boys to join the Human Assembly, but first they must complete their training and discover the source of recent disturbances to interplanetary peace.
4) Squeeze
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Byron is psyched when his older brother Jesse invites him on a weekend caving trip - even if it means spending time with Cole, Jesse's obnoxious college roommate. Exploring a wild cave is always dangerous, but it becomes deadly as tempers fray and the water level inside the cave starts to rise. When an under-ground confrontation leaves one of the cavers seriously injured, Byron has to make some life-or-death decisions - and every second counts.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing monsters, deadly secrets and a long-lost artifact that grants limitless wealth, but also devastating supernatural power. With the fate of his world, and his family, at stake, Mariah will risk everything to unravel...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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"Sixteen-year-old Agnes must escape a cult and a Prophet as she attempts to save the world from a pandemic."--
Agnes loves her home of Red Creek, its dusty roads, and its God. She cares for her younger siblings and follows the town's strict laws. When Agnes meets Danny, an Outsider boy, she begins to question what is and isn't a sin. Her younger brother, Ezekiel, will die without the insulin she barters for once a month, even though medicine is considered...
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Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2021
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Alex Rufus's curse of seeing the future distracts him from being and doing his best, but when he sees his little brother Isaiah's imminent death, he races against time, death, and circumstances to save him.
As much as Alex Rufus tries, he often comes up short. It is hard to for him to be present when every time he touches an object or person, Alex sees into its future. When he touches his car, he sees it years from now, totaled and...
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Beaten Track Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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"Ollie knows exactly where he's going and what his plan is: get a smokin' hot girlfriend (so she can cry over him when he enlists), join the military, work his way up to Army Ranger, and finally earn he respect of his big brother Benjam. But everything changes when a military car pulls up in front of the Hannigan household. Now Ollie's world is in chaos. His friends have abandoned him, his plans are falling through left and right, and he doesn't know...
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
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Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" When the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating. Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up. He describes their adventures together...
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